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Jeep Wagoneer Stumbling Problem
Ok so heres whats going on...
I have an 87 4.0 Wagoneer. It has been sitting outside unused for about a year. I decided to got it out to take a spin in it yesterday, and noticed that it will not rev over about 2,500 RPM. It almost instantly dies. It will also stumble and sputter when I try to accelerate moderately hard. It seems to me as though it's starving for gas... thus leading me to believe the fuel pump has taken a dump. Are my assumptions correct? Or is something else causing the problem? Thanks! Gary |
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Is the fuel a year old as well? I would start with a new fuel filter
because that is easier and cheaper and go from there. Seems like fuel pumps either work or they don't work, I have never had one semi work. > wrote in message oups.com... > Ok so heres whats going on... > I have an 87 4.0 Wagoneer. It has been sitting outside unused for about > a year. I decided to got it out to take a spin in it yesterday, and > noticed that it will not rev over about 2,500 RPM. It almost instantly > dies. It will also stumble and sputter when I try to accelerate > moderately hard. It seems to me as though it's starving for gas... thus > leading me to believe the fuel pump has taken a dump. Are my > assumptions correct? Or is something else causing the problem? Thanks! > Gary > |
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You've never prayed hard enough to get home.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O http://www.billhughes.com/ Rusted wrote: > > Is the fuel a year old as well? I would start with a new fuel filter > because that is easier and cheaper and go from there. Seems like fuel pumps > either work or they don't work, I have never had one semi work. |
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Hi Gary,
I would guess you also need a carburetor kit, too. Usually over a year period the gasoline will evaporate, drying the accelerator pump plunger, and shrinking the gaskets, causing them to leak between galleys, plus a little corrosion usually forms clogging the jets. And was the bad pump the reason it was parked in the first place? God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O http://www.billhughes.com/ wrote: > > Ok so heres whats going on... > I have an 87 4.0 Wagoneer. It has been sitting outside unused for about > a year. I decided to got it out to take a spin in it yesterday, and > noticed that it will not rev over about 2,500 RPM. It almost instantly > dies. It will also stumble and sputter when I try to accelerate > moderately hard. It seems to me as though it's starving for gas... thus > leading me to believe the fuel pump has taken a dump. Are my > assumptions correct? Or is something else causing the problem? Thanks! > Gary |
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Well, this isn't the carburated version... I went out and bought a fuel
filter today and it made a considerable difference. It seemed better, but it still has a flat spot. It seems like it gets better and it gets worse. Any ideas on that? Haha. Thanks, Gary |
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And no the supposidly bad fuel pump was not the reason it was parked in
the first place. It was a bad starter. |
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